Carrying case with an elastic implement for smoking tobacco or cannabis

ABSTRACT

A carrying case with an elastic smoking implement positioned between a tubular housing and a tubular cover makes it convenient to store and seal a tubular container with smoking material (such as tobacco or  cannabis ) between smoking sessions. A push-and-turn lock prevents the opening of the carrying case by minors. The carrying case has an internal cavity sized to accept the tubular container, the elastic smoking implement, and the smoke filter inside thereof.

CROSS-REFERENCE DATA

This patent application is a continuation-in-part of my co-pending U.S.patent application Ser. No. 16/445,189 entitled “Universal ElasticImplement for Smoking Tobacco, Cannabis and E-Cigarettes with a Built-InScreen” filed 18 Jun. 2019, which in turn claims a priority benefit froma U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 29/682,850 entitled“Universal elastic implement for smoking tobacco, cannabis, ande-cigarettes with a built-in filter” filed on 8 Mar. 2019, now expired,both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their respectiveentireties.

BACKGROUND

Without limiting the scope of the invention, its background is describedin connection with smoking devices and accessories. More particularly,the invention describes an airtight carrying case in combination with anelastic implement for smoking tobacco, cannabis, and other combustiblematerials.

Smoking is a practice in which a combustible material, typically a plantsuch as tobacco, cannabis, herbs, or mixtures thereof is slowly burned,and the resulting smoke is inhaled by the smoker. Combustion of thesubstance causes the release into the smoke of active drugs such asnicotine or THC and therefore makes them available for a smoker toabsorb through the lungs upon inhalation. The most common way of smokingtoday is via cigarettes, primarily industrially manufactured but alsohand-rolled using rolling paper for example. Other smoking tools includetraditional pipes, cigars, hookahs, and water-pipes, or bongs. A morerecent addition to a variety of smoking devices is a so-callede-cigarette, which does not produce smoke in a technical sense of theword but instead causes evaporation of an inhalable aerosol, which maycontain suspended particles desired to be consumed by the smoker.

For the purposes of this description, a variety of cigarettes, cigars,cannabis joints, are referred to collectively as a tubular containerwith smoking material, with both the container and the smoking materialare expected to be slowly burned during a smoking session.

People smoke for recreation, as a part of rituals, and for medicalpurposes. It will be appreciated that, while cannabis for recreationaluse is illegal in many parts of the world, its use as a medicine islegal in many countries, including Canada, Austria, Germany, theNetherlands, Spain, Israel, Italy, Finland, and Portugal. In the UnitedStates, permission for medical use of cannabis varies from state tostate, with dozens of states that have enacted laws to allow regulatedcannabis consumption, possession, cultivation, and distribution formedicinal purposes. Therefore, legal statutes now permit both therecreational and medical use of cannabis for the delivery of THC(Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol), CBD (cannabidiol), and other cannabinoids toa user in many parts of the world.

Inhaling combusted cannabis is the most common, effective, and leastexpensive method for delivering a pharmacological action of THC to thebrain and body. The THC dose of inhaled cannabis smoke is largelydetermined by the concentration of precursor THCA(tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) present in the buds and small leaves ofthe plant and its temperature-dependent conversion to THC duringcombustion.

Though smoking is commonplace and enjoyable, inhalation of smokeresulting from the burning of any plant substance may adversely affectthe health of a smoker. My previous patent application describes anelastic implement with a built-in filter to address the problem ofremoving tars, resins, and burning particles from the smoke beforeinhaling thereof by the user.

It is a common practice to consume a single tubular container with asmoking material over more than one smoking session. In this case,lighting up a burning end of the tubular container and inhaling thesmoke a few times leaves a problem of safely extinguishing the smokingend of the tubular container and storing it until the next smokingsession. Simple carrying cases made as hard shell tubes are typicallyused for that purpose. The user is expected to put the remaining tubularcontainer into the carrying case, close off the cap and store thesmoking material until next use.

Such simple carrying cases (sometimes also called “doob tubes”) havemany disadvantages:

First, a tubular container with a smoking material such as a cannabisjoint is placed together with the remaining burned particles and ash inthe same carrying case. Reopening of the case and retrieving the tubularmaterial causes the user to expose his hands or face to the ash fallingout from the carrying case.

Second, these carrying cases are not reliably airtight, causingproliferation of the tobacco or cannabis smell and remaining smokeoutside the carrying case, and exposing others thereto.

Third, simple carrying cases to not provide adequate protection to denyaccess to the smoking material by children and minors, and finally

Fourth, some residual burning of the smoking material inside a plastictube may cause partial burning of the plastic tube itself as the tubularmaterial is not fixedly retained inside the carrying case, simply placedinside thereof and can shift its position from time to time.

Besides, these tubular carrying cases do not have any room foradditional smoking accessories such as filters or the elastic implementas I described previously to be stored together with the remainingsmoking material to make it convenient to resume smoking thereof at adifferent time.

The need, therefore, exists for a novel carrying case in combinationwith the universal elastic implement as described previously to addressthese problems and further improve the smoking experience of the userwhen a single tubular container is consumed over multiple smokingsessions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome theseand other drawbacks of the prior art by providing a novel carrying casein combination with an elastic smoking implement that supports thetubular container with the burning end suspended inside thereof, therebypreventing heating and burning of the carrying case itself.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel carryingcase capable of storing the tubular container with the smoking materialin a water-tight and/or in an airtight manner.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a carrying casewith an internal cavity large enough to store inside not only thetubular container with smoking material but also a smoke filterassembled with the elastic smoking implement, thereby making itconvenient to remove the assembly of the tubular container, elasticsmoking implement, and the smoke filter as a single body and resumesmoking.

A further yet object of the present invention is to provide a novelcarrying case capable of keeping children and minors away from thetubular container with the smoking material by providing a child-prooflock between the components of the carrying case.

The carrying case of the present invention comprises two maincomponents: a carrying case housing and a carrying case cover. Both havea generally tubular shape and are sized to form an internal cavity whenthe carrying case cover is attached to the carrying case housing. Thisinternal cavity is sized to be sufficiently large to accept the elasticsmoking implement therein with the tubular container having the smokingmaterial attached on one end thereof and the smoke filter attached onthe other end of the elastic smoking implement.

A child-proof lock is formed between the open end of the carrying casehousing and the open end of the carrying case cover, whereby apush-and-turn motion is required to separate the components of thecarrying case.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The subject matter is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed inthe concluding portion of the specification. The foregoing and otherfeatures of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent fromthe following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict onlyseveral embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are,therefore, not to be considered limiting of its scope, the disclosurewill be described with additional specificity and detail through the useof the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view of the main components of thepresent invention,

FIG. 2 is a side exploded view of the same,

FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional longitudinal view of the same,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the carrying case housing,

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the carrying case cover,

FIG. 6 is a perspective cross-sectional view of the elastic smokingimplement,

FIG. 7 is a side view of the carrying case of the invention as assembledillustrating aligned indicia to allow the opening of the carrying case,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the same,

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional longitudinal side view of the same,

FIG. 10 is a perspective ¼ cutout view of the same,

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the portion of the carrying caseillustrating the details of the elastic smoking implement interactingwith the carrying case housing,

FIG. 12 is the same as in FIG. 11 but showing an alternative design ofthe elastic smoking implement to achieve a watertight and airtight sealof the smoking material inside the carrying case of the invention,

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional perpendicular view as indicated in FIG. 11showing the carrying case in a closed position,

FIG. 14 shows the same but with the carrying case cover turned andprepared for opening, and

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional longitudinal view of the carrying caseshowing the position of the tubular container and the smoke filterinside thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

The following description sets forth various examples along withspecific details to provide a thorough understanding of claimed subjectmatter. It will be understood by those skilled in the art, however, thatclaimed subject matter may be practiced without one or more of thespecific details disclosed herein. Further, in some circumstances,well-known methods, procedures, systems, components and/or circuits havenot been described in detail in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuringclaimed subject matter. In the following detailed description, referenceis made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In thedrawings, similar symbols typically identify similar components, unlesscontext dictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described inthe detailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to belimiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may bemade, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matterpresented here. It will be readily understood that the aspects of thepresent disclosure, as generally described herein, and illustrated inthe figures, can be arranged, substituted, combined, and designed in awide variety of different configurations, all of which are explicitlycontemplated and make part of this disclosure.

FIGS. 1-3 show various exploded views of the carrying case 100comprising the following three main components: the carrying casehousing 110, the carrying case cover 140, and the elastic smokingimplement 180 located in between the housing 110 and the cover 140.FIGS. 4-6 show all these components separately.

The carrying case housing 110 may be made to be hollow and have agenerally tubular shape—with one end 112 being closed-off and the otherend 114 being open. An internal generally cylindrical opening 116 may beformed inside the carrying case housing 110. The internal opening 116may be sized to accept the elastic smoking implement 180 (as seen inFIG. 15), which in turn is sized to accept inside thereof a suitablysized tubular container 130 with smoking material therein. Inembodiments, the internal opening 116 may be sized to have a diameterranging from about 7 mm to about 22 mm, such as for example 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, mm or any size inbetween as the present invention is not limited in this regard.

The length of the carrying case housing 110 may be selected to besufficient to accept the full length of the suitably sized tubularcontainer 130 with smoking material therein. In embodiments, the lengthof the carrying case housing 110 may range from about 100 mm to about180 mm, such as for example 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170,180mm or any length in between as the invention is not limited in thisregard.

The open end 114 of the carrying case housing 110 may be made tosealingly attach to the open end 144 of the carrying case cover 140.While a simple sliding overlap between respective cylindrical surfaceson both open ends would provide such sliding attachment, the presentinvention describes a more sophisticated design aimed at creating bothan airtight/watertight seal as well as a child-proof push-and-turn lockto discourage children and minors from accessing the smoking materialinside the carrying case 100.

FIG. 4 among other illustrations shows the details of the open end 114of the carrying case housing 110. The open end 114 features a sleeve 126formed at the edge of the open end 114. The sleeve 126 features adepression 122 configured to accept a corresponding protrusion 152 inthe carrying case cover 140 when the cover 140 is slidingly moved forattachment with the housing 110 as explained in greater detail below.Behind the sleeve 126, there is a groove 124 sized to allow freerotation of the protrusion 152 once the cover 140 is mounted onto thehousing 110. The groove 124 is defined by a sidewall of the sleeve 126on one side and by a sidewall of the remaining portion of the carryingcase housing 110 on the other side thereof. The sleeve 126 may be aseparate component attached to the housing 110 or in other embodimentsmay be made together with the housing 110 as a single body.

The carrying case housing 110 may further feature a housing marker 120made in longitudinal alignment with the depression 122. The housingmarker 120 may function to assist the user in aligning the depression122 with the protrusion 152 so as to facilitate attachment or detachmentof the cover 140 to and from the housing 110.

The housing marker 120 may be made as a visible depression or a stampinto the surface of the housing 110, or may be painted with a contrastcolor on the housing 110. In embodiments, the housing marker may bepainted using fluorescent paint so it may glow in the dark to be visibleeven in poor lighting conditions. In further embodiments, the housingmarker 120 may be made as an outward protrusion so as to be both visibleas well as supporting a tactile identification by the user.

The carrying case cover 140 may be made to as a hollow generally tubularstructure—with one end 142 being closed-off and the other end 144 beingopen. An internal generally cylindrical opening 146 may be formed insidethe carrying case cover 140. The internal opening 146 may be sized toaccept the smoke filter 160—see FIG. 15. In embodiments, the internalopening 116 may be sized to be smaller, same or larger than the opening116 of the carrying case housing 110. It may have a diameter rangingfrom about 7 mm to about 22 mm, such as for example 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, mm or any size in between as thepresent invention is not limited in this regard as long as the open end144 of the cover 140 is sized to be slidably attached over the open end114 of the carrying case housing 110.

The length of the carrying case cover 140 may be selected to besufficient to accept the full length of the suitably sized smoke filter160 protruding from the elastic smoking implement 180. In embodiments,the length of the carrying case housing 110 may range from about 20 mmto about 80 mm, such as for example 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 mm, orany length in between as the invention is not limited in this regard.

The carrying case cover 140 may feature a pocket retaining component,such as a pocket clip (not shown in the drawings) to facilitateretention of the carrying case in a pocket of the user—similar toconventional pens and pencils.

A protrusion 152 may be made on the inside of the internal cavity 146close to the edge of the open end 146. The protrusion 152 may functionas a key when the cover 140 is attached to the housing 110 as describedbelow in greater detail. Such protrusion may be integrally formed withthe carrying case cover 140, for example by injection molding if thecover 140 is made from plastic. In further embodiments, the protrusion152 may be made by a small stamping tool if the carrying case cover 140is made from metal or another malleable material. A cover marker 150 maybe made on the outside of the cover 140 to mark the location of theprotrusion 152 inside thereof, making it convenient for the user toalign the protrusion of the cover 152 with the corresponding depression122 of the carrying case housing 110. The size of the protrusion 152 maybe selected to correspond to the size of the depression 122 such thatwhen aligned (see FIG. 7), the protrusion 152 fits inside the depression122 allowing the attachment between the cover 140 and the housing 110.

Both the carrying case housing 110 and the carrying case cover 140 maybe made from rigid plastic (such as for example ABS, polypropylene, orpolycarbonate), metal (such as for example stainless steel, aluminum,copper, or suitable alloys thereof) or from a composite blend of rigidmaterials, such as a base plastic with an embedded decorative metal orother plastic components. In further embodiments, soft rubber componentsmay be added to either the housing or the cover to improve the grip orgenerally enhance the feel of the product, as the invention is notlimited thereto.

The elastic smoking implement 180 is described in greater detail in myprevious patent application. Generally speaking, it may be made from aresilient material and have a tubular shape with a mouthpiece end 184 onone side and a smoking end 182 on the other opposite side of the elasticsmoking implement 180. A removable smoke screen 190 may be positionedinside the elastic smoking implement 180 as seen in FIG. 6 to preventtar, resin droplets, and pieces of burning smoking material to betraveling towards the user as a result of inhaling the smoke during asmoking session.

The smoking end 182 of the elastic smoking implement 180 may be sizedand configured to elastically expand and removably accept the tubularcontainer 130 with smoking material, when the tubular container 130 isat least partially inserted therein.

The external diameter of the smoking end 182 may be suitably selected toallow a removable press-fit attachment of the elastic smoking implement180 inside the open end 114 of the carrying case housing 110—see FIGS.1-3. The smoking end, in this case, may be sized and configured toelastically compress and removably fit inside the open end 114 of thecarrying case housing 110 forming an airtight and/or a watertight sealin between. A shoulder 192 may be made in a central portion of theelastic smoking implement 180 to act as a stopper element when theelastic smoking implement 180 is inserted inside the open end 114 of thehousing 110.

In embodiments, the external diameter of the smoking end 182 may be madeto be slightly larger than the internal diameter of the open end 114—inwhich case positioning of the smoking end 182 inside the open end 114 ofthe housing 110 would make for an airtight/watertight seal between thesetwo elements. In further embodiments, the external diameter of thesmoking end 182 of the elastic smoking implement 182 may be made to bethe same or slightly smaller than the internal diameter of the opening114 to facilitate the ease of insertion and removal of the elasticimplement 180 into and out of the open end 114. A sealing gasket 188 maybe made to protrude radially outwards from the external surface of thesmoking end 182 in order to provide a compressible seal between theelastic smoking implement 180 and the carrying case housing 110 uponinsertion thereof—see FIG. 11.

The mouthpiece end 184 may be sized and configured to elastically expandand removably accept a cylindrical smoke filter 160 at least partiallyinserted therein for an airtight press-fit attachment. The external sizeof the mouthpiece end 184 may be selected to fit inside the open end 144of the carrying case cover 140, in which case the entire elastic smokingimplement 180 may be positioned and retained inside the carrying caseupon attachment of the carrying case housing 110 to the carrying casecover 140—see FIGS. 7-10 and a close-up in FIG. 11.

In further embodiments, the mouthpiece end 184 may feature a built-inprotruding gasket 194 sized to elastically compress when inside the openend 144 of the carrying case cover 140, thereby forming an airtight sealin between—as seen in a close-up illustration in FIG. 12. In this case,attaching the cover 140 to the housing 110 with the elastic smokingimplement 180 in between would seal the housing 110 against the smokingand 180 and the cover 140 against the mouthpiece end 184—resulting inproviding an airtight seal of the entire internal cavity 116/146 withinboth of the carrying case housing 110 and the carrying case cover 140.

A push-and-turn lock mechanism is formed between the features of theopen end 114 of the housing 110 and the open end 144 of the cover 140 asdescribed above. To attach the cover 140 to the housing 110, the usermay first align the protrusion 152 with the depression 122 in the sleeve126—in order to advance the cover 140 over the housing 110. Once theprotrusion 152 passes over and advances beyond the depression 122, thecover 140 may be turned to misalign the protrusion 152 from thedepression 122 and lock the assembly to prevent accidental detachment ofthe cover 140 off the housing 110. A cross-section of the lockedassembly is seen in FIG. 13.

To remove the cover 140 from the housing 110, the user first needs toturn the cover 140 to again align the protrusion 152 with the depression122—as seen in FIG. 14. Once these features are aligned, the cover 140may be removed from the housing 110.

In further embodiments, a more sophisticated multi-stage push-and-turnlock may be provided to make it more difficult for children and minorsto access the smoking material inside the carrying case 100. In thiscase, additional stages of push-and-turn may be provided by positioninga second or even third ring 126 spaced apart from the first ring 126 atthe open end 114 (not shown in the drawings). A second and thirddepression 122 may be made using a radially angular orientation at apredetermined angle from the first depression 122, for example, 90degrees apart in a clockwise direction. In this case, a second or thirdpush-and-turn action may be needed to fully assemble and subsequentlyremove the cover 140 from the housing 110. A second and third housingmarker may be provided along the periphery of the open end 114 to aidthe user in this process. To separate the first housing marker fromother markers, all housing markers may be made to be visually different,such as in different shapes or colors.

Once the tubular container 130 and the smoke filter 160 are assembledwith the elastic smoking implement 180 for use during a smoking session,it is convenient to place that assembly inside the carrying case 100 byfirst inserting the tubular container and the elastic smoking implementinto the carrying case housing 110 until the shoulder 192 stops againstthe open end 114 of the housing 110. In this case, the tubular container130 is retained inside and away from the walls of the housing 110 aswell as away from the closed-off end 112. This advantageously preventstouching by the burning end of the tubular container 130 of any parts ofthe internal cavity 116 as the tubular container 130 is supported insidethe elastic smoking implement 180. Closing off the cover 140 over thesmoke filter 160 and the housing 110 (see FIG. 15) completes theassembly of the carrying case 100 and preserves the smoking materialinside thereof for the next smoking session.

It is contemplated that any embodiment discussed in this specificationcan be implemented with respect to any method of the invention, and viceversa. It will be also understood that particular embodiments describedherein are shown by way of illustration and not as limitations of theinvention. The principal features of this invention can be employed invarious embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain usingno more than routine experimentation, numerous equivalents to thespecific procedures described herein. Such equivalents are considered tobe within the scope of this invention and are covered by the claims.

All publications and patent applications mentioned in the specificationare indicative of the level of skill of those skilled in the art towhich this invention pertains. All publications and patent applicationsare herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if eachindividual publication or patent application was specifically andindividually indicated to be incorporated by reference. Incorporation byreference is limited such that no subject matter is incorporated that iscontrary to the explicit disclosure herein, no claims included in thedocuments are incorporated by reference herein, and any definitionsprovided in the documents are not incorporated by reference hereinunless expressly included herein.

The use of the word “a” or “an” when used in conjunction with the term“comprising” in the claims and/or the specification may mean “one,” butit is also consistent with the meaning of “one or more,” “at least one,”and “one or more than one.” The use of the term “or” in the claims isused to mean “and/or” unless explicitly indicated to refer toalternatives only or the alternatives are mutually exclusive, althoughthe disclosure supports a definition that refers to only alternativesand “and/or.” Throughout this application, the term “about” is used toindicate that a value includes the inherent variation of error for thedevice, the method being employed to determine the value or thevariation that exists among the study subjects.

As used in this specification and claim(s), the words “comprising” (andany form of comprising, such as “comprise” and “comprises”), “having”(and any form of having, such as “have” and “has”), “including” (and anyform of including, such as “includes” and “include”) or “containing”(and any form of containing, such as “contains” and “contain”) areinclusive or open-ended and do not exclude additional, unrecitedelements or method steps. In embodiments of any of the compositions andmethods provided herein, “comprising” may be replaced with “consistingessentially of” or “consisting of”. As used herein, the phrase“consisting essentially of” requires the specified integer(s) or stepsas well as those that do not materially affect the character or functionof the claimed invention. As used herein, the term “consisting” is usedto indicate the presence of the recited integer (e.g., a feature, anelement, a characteristic, a property, a method/process step or alimitation) or group of integers (e.g., feature(s), element(s),characteristic(s), propertie(s), method/process steps or limitation(s))only.

The term “or combinations thereof” as used herein refers to allpermutations and combinations of the listed items preceding the term.For example, “A, B, C, or combinations thereof” is intended to includeat least one of: A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, or ABC, and if order is importantin a particular context, also BA, CA, CB, CBA, BCA, ACB, BAC, or CAB.Continuing with this example, expressly included are combinations thatcontain repeats of one or more item or term, such as BB, AAA, AB, BBC,AAABCCC, CBBAAA, CABABB, and so forth. The skilled artisan willunderstand that typically there is no limit on the number of items orterms in any combination, unless otherwise apparent from the context.

As used herein, words of approximation such as, without limitation,“about”, “substantial” or “substantially” refers to a condition thatwhen so modified is understood to not necessarily be absolute or perfectbut would be considered close enough to those of ordinary skill in theart to warrant designating the condition as being present. The extent towhich the description may vary will depend on how great a change can beinstituted and still have one of ordinary skilled in the art recognizethe modified feature as still having the required characteristics andcapabilities of the unmodified feature. In general, but subject to thepreceding discussion, a numerical value herein that is modified by aword of approximation such as “about” may vary from the stated value byat least ±1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 20 or 25%.

All of the devices and/or methods disclosed and claimed herein can bemade and executed without undue experimentation in light of the presentdisclosure. While the devices and methods of this invention have beendescribed in terms of preferred embodiments, it will be apparent tothose of skill in the art that variations may be applied to the devicesand/or methods and in the steps or in the sequence of steps of themethod described herein without departing from the concept, spirit andscope of the invention. All such similar substitutes and modificationsapparent to those skilled in the art are deemed to be within the spirit,scope and concept of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A carrying case with an elastic smoking implementcomprising: a generally tubular hollow carrying case housing with aclosed-off end on one side and an open end on another side thereof, agenerally tubular hollow carrying case cover with a closed-off end onone side and an open end on another side thereof, wherein said open endof the carrying case cover is configured for removable attachment tosaid open end of the carrying case housing forming an internal cavitywithin both of said carrying case housing and said carrying case cover,wherein said internal cavity is sized to accept an elastic smokingimplement and a tubular container with a smoking material therein. 2.The carrying case as in claim 1, wherein said elastic smoking implementcomprising a generally tubular body made from an elastically resilientmaterial and having a mouthpiece end and a smoking end, said mouthpieceend located on the opposite side of said smoking end of said elasticsmoking implement.
 3. The carrying case as in claim 2, wherein saidelastic smoking implement further comprises a smoke screen removablypositioned inside thereof between said smoking end and said mouthpieceend.
 4. The carrying case as in claim 2, wherein said mouthpiece end issized and configured to elastically expand and removably accept acylindrical smoke filter at least partially inserted therein for anairtight press-fit attachment.
 5. The carrying case as in claim 2,wherein said smoking end is sized and configured to elastically expandand removably accept said tubular container with smoking material atleast partially inserted therein.
 6. The carrying case as in claim 2,wherein said smoking end is sized and configured to elastically compressand removably fit inside said open end of the carrying case housingforming an airtight seal in between.
 7. The carrying case as in claim 6,wherein said mouthpiece end is sized and configured to elasticallycompress and removably fit inside said open end of the carrying casecover forming an airtight seal in between, whereby said elastic smokingimplement providing an airtight seal of said internal cavity within bothof said carrying case housing and said carrying case cover.
 8. Thecarrying case as in claim 1, wherein said open end of the carrying casecover is equipped with a protrusion, said open end of the carrying casehousing is equipped with a corresponding depression to accept saidprotrusion, whereby the carrying case housing in combination with thecarrying case cover forms a push-and-turn lock in between.
 9. Thecarrying case as in claim 8, wherein said open end of the carrying casecover contains a cover marker next to said protrusion, said open end ofthe carrying case housing contains a housing marker next to saiddepression, whereby said housing marker and said cover marker whenaligned indicating proper orientation for attachment or removal of thecarrying case cover to or from the carrying case housing.
 10. Thecarrying case as in claim 9, wherein said housing marker and said covermarker are made with fluorescent paint to be visible in the dark. 11.The carrying case as in claim 1, wherein said open end of the carryingcase cover is configured to slidably attach over said open end of thecarrying case housing forming an airtight seal in between.
 12. Thecarrying case as in claim 1, wherein said internal cavity formed betweenthe carrying case housing and the carrying case cover is sized to acceptsaid elastic smoking implement with said tubular container having saidsmoking material therein on one side thereof and said cylindrical smokefilter positioned at least partially in said elastic smoking implementon the other side thereof.